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Challenges of maintaining highly specialised infrastructure facilities at an institution of higher learning in South Africa
No full textFacilities management (FM) plays a crucial role in the success of higher education institutions. This study explores the challenges that facilities managers encounter in performing routine maintenance work and the impact of inadequate maintenance on highly specialised facilities at a South African higher education institution. The primary aim of this study was to understand the challenges associated with maintaining highly specialised infrastructure such as biosafety containment laboratories, pre-clinical laboratories, and research clean rooms. The objectives include investigating the reason senior academics are reluctant about routine maintenance, challenges experienced by the facility managers when conducting maintenance, assessing the impact of these challenges on academic activities, identifying key factors that contribute to maintenance difficulties, and to make recommendations towards improving infrastructure management. The study employed an interpretivist paradigm with an accompanying qualitative research approach. A single case study of a higher education institution in South Africa was utilised. Data was collected via semi-structured interviews with facilities managers, maintenance personnel, contractors as well as senior academics managing or using these highly specialised facilities at the selected higher education institution. A total of 22 interviews were undertaken and the data analysed using thematic analysis. The study found that the primary reasons for senior academics' resistance to routine maintenance include disruptions to ongoing academic activities, lack of communication and stakeholder engagement, and concerns about expertise and safety, and their limited knowledge on the facility maintenance requirements. Facilities managers face significant challenges due to administrative bottlenecks, insufficient support from higher management, and ineffective project governance, including lack of formalised contractual agreements and regulatory frameworks. Budget constraints, communication barriers, fragmented communication systems, a lack of a centralised communication mechanism further exacerbate these issues as these impede the efficient dissemination of maintenance information to the relevant stakeholder(s). Furthermore, old infrastructure and a reactive maintenance culture led to frequent breakdowns. In addition, rapid technological advancements result in frequent equipment obsolescence and high maintenance costs resulting to further disruptions. To address these challenges enhanced stakeholder engagement and involvement is needed together with improved communication channels and the establishment of robust governance frameworks to ensure timely and effective maintenance of highly specialised facilities. Recommendations emanating from this study include: adopting proactive maintenance strategies to prevent equipment failures before they occur; enhancing training for technical staff to ensure they are equipped to maintain specialised equipment; improving monitoring systems to better predict maintenance needs; securing sustainable funding models to support ongoing maintenance and equipment upgrades; and lastly, involving the facility managers in the design phase of the infrastructure and in the planning of the academic calendar. These strategies aim to promote timely implementation and completion of maintenance projects, reduce costs, and ensure sustainable maintenance practices in higher education institutions. This research provided valuable insights and a framework for other institutions facing similar challenges, contributing to the broader field of infrastructure management in higher education
Upaya kepala Madrasah dalam meningkatkan mutu Pendidikan Agama Islam di Madrasah Diniyah Salafiyah Matholi’ul Huda Pondok Pesantren Miftahul Huda Malang
No full textABSTRAK
Kepala madrasah, selain merupakan orang yang bertanggungjawab terhadap sebagai pemimpin, akan tetapi kepala madrasah juga mengemban tugas sebagai pendidik dimana diharapkan dapat mengelola lembaga pendidikan kearah perkembangan lebih baik dan menjanjikan lulusan yang bermutu. Sebab mutu pendidikan sering diindikasikan dengan kondisi yang baik, memenuhi syarat, dan segala komponen yang harus terdapat dalam pendidikan, komponen-komponen tersebut adalah masukan, proses, keluaran, tenaga kependidikan, sarana dan prasarana serta biaya. Mutu pendidikan tidak dapat tercapai apabila masukan, proses, keluaran, guru, sarana dan prasarana serta biaya apabila seluruh komponen tersebut tidak memenuhi syarat tertentu serta tidak adanya bentuk upaya perbaikan yang dilakukan kepala madrasah. Dengan latar belakang diatas penulis ingin mengkaji dan membahasnya dalam Skripsi dengan judul “Upaya kepala masdrasah dalam meningkatkan mutu pendidikan agama Islam di Madrasah diniyah salafiyah matholi‟ul huda pondok pesantren miftahul huda Malang”. Dengan tujuan mengetahui bagaimana pelaksanaan pendidikan agama Islam di Madrasah diniyah salafiyah matholi‟ul huda pondok pesantren miftahul huda Malang dan mengetahui upaya kepala madrasah dalam meningkatkan mutu pendidikan agama Islam di Madrasah Diniyah salafiyah matholi‟ul huda pondok pesantren miftahul huda Malang Serta faktor yang mempengaruhi kepala madrasah dalam meningkatkan mutu pendidikan agama Islam di Madrasah diniyah salafiyah matholi‟ul huda pondok pesantren miftahul huda Malang.
Penelitian yang penulis lakukan ini adalah termasuk penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Adapun dalam pengumpulan data, penulis menggunakan metode observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Sedangkan untuk menganalisisnya, Penulis menggunakan tehnik analisis deskriptif kualitatif, yaitu berupa data-data yang tertulis atau lisan dari orang dan prilaku yang diamati sehingga dalam hal ini penulis berupaya mengadakan penelitian yang bersifat menggambarkan secara menyeluruh tentang keadaan yang sebenarnya.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam pelaksanaanya, Madrasah diniya salafiyah matholi‟ul huda pondok pesantren miftahul huda Malang mengikuti sistem kelas seperti pendidikan formal pada umumnya. Adapun upaya kepala madrasah dalam meningkatkan mutu pendidikan agama Islam di Madrasah diniyah salafiyah matholi‟ul huda pondok pesantren miftahul huda Malang yakni meningkatkan sarana dan prasarana yang meliputi: Pembangunan gedung madrasah, melengkapi kursi dan meja dikelas, pembangunan masjid, dan menambah referensi buku di perpustakaan, pembangunan ruang koprasi. Kemudian pengadaan kegiatan ekstrakurikuler meliputi: Tilawatil Qur‟an, Albanjari, Pembelajaran ilmu hisab, Pelatian kali grafi, sawir, serta meningkatkan kompetensi ustad yang meliputi: pemberian motivasi dari kepala madrasah.
ABSTRACT
Head of Islamic schools, in addition to being a responsible person as a leader, but the head of the madrasa also assumed the duties as an educator which is expected to manage the institution towards the development of better quality and promising graduates. Because the quality of education is often indicated by the condition of good, qualified, and all components must be in education, these components are the inputs, processes, outputs, staff, facilities, infrastructure and expenses. Quality education can not be achieved if inputs, processes, outputs, teachers, facilities and infrastructure and the cost if all of these components do not meet certain requirements and the absence of improvement efforts by the head of the madrasa. With the above background the author wants to examine and discuss the thesis with the title "Efforts to improve the quality of the head masdrasah Islamic religious education in Madrasah Diniyah salafiyah matholi'ul huda huda boarding Miftahul Malang". With the aim to know how the implementation of Islamic religious education in Madrasah Diniyah salafiyah matholi'ul Miftahul huda huda boarding school in Malang and know the effort in improving the quality of the head madrasah Islamic religious education in Madrasah Diniyah salafiyah matholi'ul Miftahul huda huda boarding school in Malang As well as the factors that affect the head madrasah in improving the quality of Islamic religious education in Madrasah Diniyah salafiyah matholi'ul Miftahul huda huda boarding school in Malang.
Research conducted by the author are included descriptive qualitative research. As for the collection of data, the authors use the method of observation, interviews, and documentation. Meanwhile, to analyze it, I use descriptive and qualitative analysis techniques, namely the form of data written or verbal behavior of people and observed that in this case the author seeks to undertake research which is described as a whole about the actual situation.
The results showed that in the exercise, Madrasah diniya salafiyah matholi'ul Miftahul huda huda boarding school in Malang follow-class systems such as formal education in general. The head of the madrassa efforts in improving the quality of Islamic religious education in Madrasah Diniyah salafiyah matholi'ul huda huda boarding Miftahul Malang namely improving facilities and infrastructure that includes: Construction of madrasas, chairs and tables complement the classroom, the construction of mosques, and add a reference book in the library , koprasi space development. Then the procurement of extra-curricular activities include: Tilawatil Qur'an, Albanjari, learning arithmetic, Pelatian times grafi, Sawir, and increasing the competence cleric that includes: providing motivation from the head of the madrasah
